Plate or dish washer



(No Model.)

T A PUDAN PLATE 0R DISH WASHER.

No. 414,446. Patented Nov. 5, 1889.

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` UNITED STATES PATENT einen.'

THOMAS A. PDAN, OF SACRrfil\[EN"O, CATJFORNIA.

PLATE OR DISH WASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,446, dated November5, 1889.

v Application filed September 8, 1888. Serial No. 284,857. (No model.)

To di whom t 12mg/ concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS A. PUDAN, of the city and county otSacramento, and State of California, have invented a new and ImprovedPlate or Dish lllasher, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact descripion.

The object of my invention is to provide ation and a part of the casingbrokenl away.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line fc of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a detailplan view of a portion of the box or casing and the operating mechanism.Fig. 4.- is a detail of the rod I, the socket or casing H2, and the gearJ separated,

The box or casing consists of a bottom A, sides A A2, and ends A3 A4]The box is mounted on legs R. A division-wall B separates the box intotwo compartments C D. A grooved block ZJ is fixed to the door or bottomA adjoining the wall B. The inner sides of the end pieces A3 A4, withinthe compartment C, are provided with guard-cleats a. These cleats lieclose to and parallel with the wall B, so as to form two guides, one oneach side of the box, for the reception of the removable dish-holderE. Afoot-block F, having grooves c on its upper side, is xed to the lowerside of the holder E. Said holderis provided with an opening E.

G represents a dish.

A brush H is fixed to a back Il', and said back is provided with acentrally-apertured casting H2, having a diametrical slot across itsouter end.

I is a rod provided on itsouter end with a head I', and having a grooveextending from a point midway of its length to near its inner end, whichend is provided with a diametrical key H3, which, when the end of therod is entered into the casting H2, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, engagesthe groove in the end of said casting. This rod is also provided with abevel- 'sleeve J is mounted in said ring.

gear J, having an integral sleeve J provided with an internal spline,which rests within the groove of the rod l. A spiral spring J i isinterposed between the inn er end of the gear-sleeve J and the castingIP, a washer ll* being interposed between the casting and spring. Thecasing` A is provided with an. opening in which is seated a ilanged ringK. The gear- L is a bracket-arm4 provided with an opening for thereception ot the rod I, and said rod is provided with a sleeve M,interposed between the bracket-arm and gear J.

N is a bracket fixed to the outer side of the easing A. Each bracket LNis provided with an' opening in which is mounted a rotary shaft O.Abevel-gear Pis fixed to the inner ythe gear and rod being 'united bymeans of the spline during a rotary action. By drawing the rod outwardthe spiral spring is compressed, and the brush can be easily removed andthe plate-holder seated in t-he compartment G, as shown in the drawings.Then by releasing the rod I the spring will force the brush inwardagainst the plate-holder. Then by turning the crank Q the bevel-gears,rod l, and brush are rotated, vand a plate placed in the holderincontact with the brush is cleaned by the rotary movement of the brushand the water. Long dishes are washed by inserting first one end andthen the other. The compartment D is for rinsing the dishes.

It very large plates or dishes are to be washed, the frame E will firstbe removed in order that the lower edges ot' said plates or dishes mayrest in the notches of the block b. The notches are inclined toward thepartition B, so that when a plate is placed as in Fig. 2' its lower edgewill be firmly held between both walls of the notch in which it rests.

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Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to'secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The eo1nbination,\vith the easing and the horizontal shaft having abrush Connected to its inner end, of a longitndinally-extending block inthe bottom of the casing in front of and below' the brush and havingrearwardlyinelined notches in its upper face, substantially as setforth.

2. The combination, with the casing having a vertical removableplate-supporting frame in one end provided With a horizontal notchedblock on its lower end, of the horizontal shaft having a vertical brushon its inner end faeing;` the said supporting-frame, substantially asset forth.

3. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the box or casing, of abrusht having a transversely-notched socket or casting H? on its back, ashaft I, having a cross-bar on its inner end entering the saidtransverse notch to detaohably connect it with the brush and extendingat its opposite end out through the box or easing, a driving-gearjournaled in the end of the box or casing and through which said shaftpasses, a spline-and-groove connection between said shaft and gear, anda spring on the shaft Within the easing and pressing it forward,substantially as set forth.

THOMAS A. PUDAN. lVitnesses:

CHAs. R. HINCHMAN, EDGAR J. KAY.

